And so, today begins an exploration on how the reformed Roman Mass in the English-language world will change in the next two years. This series will be entitled “FutureMass” for reasons we trust are obvious.

We will begin with a two-part discussion on the provisional changes which took place in the Mass in the years 1964 to 1970. The recent February edition of the Adoremus Bulletin features a work by Susan Benofy entitled “The Day the Mass Changed”:

You will notice that, contrary to the claims of many radical traditionalists, Msgr Annabale Bugnini, then-Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, had relatively little influence over official liturgical reform in the 1950s..